Patents Assigned to Bridport-Gundry PLC c/o Pearsalls Implants
  • Surgical implant
    Patent number: 6093205
    Abstract: A prosthesis for the replacement of an intervertebral disc of the spine comprises a block of an elastomeric material, which is held under compression by an encapsulating textile fabric. A preferred version of the invention (see FIG. 8) has continuations of the encapsulating fabric forming an interdigitation, with the continuation of the upper fabric passing through a hole in the lower fabric and being attached to the lower vertebral body and the continuation of the lower fabric crossing to its fixation site on the upper vertebral body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Bridport-Gundry PLC c/o Pearsalls Implants
    Inventors: Alan Rory Mor McLeod, Andre Jackowski